School of Medicine

Health Management & Policy

The Health Management and Policy (HMP) concentration at Tufts University’s MPH program equips students with the expertise to transform the healthcare system, promoting individual and population health, and delivering equitable, patient-centered care. Students develop deep knowledge in health care systems, state and federal health policy, and health economics, alongside essential skills in policy analysis, health law, and health care management. Graduates are prepared for impactful careers in healthcare administration, government, policy and advocacy, or health care consulting, addressing key issues like health equity and access.

Our curriculum, rooted in public health fundamentals, empowers students to use critical public health frameworks to tackle disparities in healthcare access, affordability, and quality. Graduates innovate solutions to the complex challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system, making a tangible difference in the field.

This concentration is offered on-campus and through our accelerated MPH program. Beginning Fall 2025, the HMP concentration will also be available online.

Skills & Competencies

  • Develop a management process or strategy to improve or address a problem in a health organization.
  • Explain how challenges in the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services in the U.S. impact individual and/or population health.
  • Describe strategies to address disparities in health care access, cost, and quality.
  • Generate recommendations to inform policy change at the organization, local, state, or federal level.
  • Employ quantitative and/or qualitative analysis techniques to a health equity, management, or policy problem.
  • Assess the impact of laws, regulations, or cases on public health practice and/or health care delivery and financing.

Courses required in addition to the core

  • PH 210: Law in Public Health
  • PH 277: Healthcare in America: Policy, Equity, and Practice
  • PH 283: Health Organization Leadership and Management Essentials
  • PH 284: Policymaking, Activism, and Analysis
  • 12 elective credits
For more information about faculty involved in the Health Management and Policy concentration, check out the Center for Health Systems and Policy at Tufts University School of Medicine.